TARGETED LINKS FOR THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL

MARKET FUNDAMENTALS

The most important single factor in demand for office, retail, and residential real estate is employment. For New England you can follow total nonagricultural employment. Go to The Federal Reserve's New England Economic Indicators and scroll down for a breakdown by state, and further for a breakdown by metropolitan area.

For economic news and statistics: The Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For demographic and economic profiles on cities and towns throughout New England, go to state pages for MA, CT, RI, NH, ME, or VT.

QuickFacts provides fast census data at the national, state, and county level. Reports have been prepared by the Census Bureau and provide summary profiles of frequently requested data items from various Census Bureau programs.

In-depth third party market reports: Property and Portfolio Research ($$) offers market forecasts for office, industrial, retail, apartment, warehouse, and hotel properties for the Boston and Hartford markets.

Torto Wheaton Research performs comprehensive market research on office, industrial, multifamily and retail properties. Reports are provided free after registering for a member account. "Outlook Reports, pipeline reports and individual peer reports can be ordered for a fee. ($$)

Claritas provides in depth information to analyze markets including; demographics, business information, financial information, location of restaurants and shopping centers, retail trade potential, traffic counts and lifestyle segmentation. Claritas gives the option of paying a one time subscription fee or you have the option to pay per report. ($$)

Keypoint Partners produces a monthly report on The New England retail markets. (Registration required)

Reis provides brief reports on office, apartment, and retail markets in many submarkets including Boston. News items are free, all other information requires a subscription. Reis will also provide customized reports for a fee. ($$)

Grubb & Ellis provides quarterly reports on national and regional market conditions for office, industrial and retail properties. A quick link to the research center can be found here. Another useful website with information regarding the Boston office market is mrofficespace.com.

For apartment listings (a source of market data and comparables) by municipality or area, try Apartments.com.